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...scion of the House of Usher summoned forth by Poe. Quite wonderful and totally different is Lansbury's Mrs. Lovett, a blowsy pragmatist as wickedly succulent as one of her pies. Within a broodingly ominous iron clad set, Harold Prince directs his accomplished forces with the flash, flourish and panache of a Broadway Patton...
...version of a great Jagger-Richards tune might more appropriately be retitled Fumbling Dice. Thoughts of decadence and decline occur; Donna Summer appears. But then Jimmy Cliff shows up, singing The Harder They Come, and the balance is redressed. By the time the show ends, with a flourish from Elvis Costello and a blast from Bruce Springsteen, you know the future is in good hands...
...publication by Knopf later this year; another Writers Project anthology, Such As Us, appeared last year. Free, Adult, Uncensored is a welcome addition to the growing collection. And the nostalgia itself is a welcome reminder that sometimes an approach that rejects elitism can cause art and artists to flourish and grow...
...better," teach their children at home. I have been teaching two of mine since September, and it has been a rewarding experience for both the children and me. In the atmosphere of comparative freedom, lack of censure, and individual attention at home, I have seen them flourish in academic and other ways...
What the wanderer finds upon arrival is unsurpassed tolerance for every lifestyle, a bracing climate and stunning beauty. Most newcomers flourish; in fact, to the more inhibited East, there are signs of overflourishing. Proclaim ads for $1,500 redwood hot tubs: "There's laughter, playful splashing, quiet conversations . . . it exactly fits the spirit of our time." Other new products include portable solar water heaters for backpackers, and organic dog food...